TY - CHAP
T1 - Language change caught in the act
T2 - A case study of Frisian relative pronouns
AU - Dijkstra, Jelske
AU - Heeringa, Wilbert
AU - Yılmaz, Emre
AU - Heuvel, Henk van den
AU - Leeuwen, David van
AU - Velde, Hans Van de
PY - 2019/12/15
Y1 - 2019/12/15
N2 - This study investigates language change in Frisian relative pronouns in a corpus of Frisian radio broadcasts (1966–2015). In spite of the limitations of this corpus, we were able to catch language change in the act. The analyses show that until the 1980s the younger speakers in these broadcasts lead the rise of t-full relative pronouns, a change that was first observed in literature at the end of the 19th century. From the 1980s onwards the new younger generation reversed this change and increasingly started using the t-less relative pronouns. Additionally, the increase of t-less forms occurred mostly in non-scripted, spontaneous speech. It does not seem to play a role whether the speaker is a presenter or an interviewee/guest.
AB - This study investigates language change in Frisian relative pronouns in a corpus of Frisian radio broadcasts (1966–2015). In spite of the limitations of this corpus, we were able to catch language change in the act. The analyses show that until the 1980s the younger speakers in these broadcasts lead the rise of t-full relative pronouns, a change that was first observed in literature at the end of the 19th century. From the 1980s onwards the new younger generation reversed this change and increasingly started using the t-less relative pronouns. Additionally, the increase of t-less forms occurred mostly in non-scripted, spontaneous speech. It does not seem to play a role whether the speaker is a presenter or an interviewee/guest.
U2 - 10.1075/silv.22.05dij
DO - 10.1075/silv.22.05dij
M3 - Chapter
T3 - Studies in Language Variation
SP - 86
EP - 101
BT - Language Variation - European Perspectives VII
A2 - Villena-Ponsoda, Juan-Andrés
A2 - Díaz-Montesinos, Francisco
A2 - Ávila-Muãoz, Antonio-Manuel
A2 - Vida-Castro, Matilde
PB - John Benjamin Publishing Company
ER -